Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dhɨ(H)

Meaning: help, wait upon

Chinese: 侍 *d_ǝ(ʔ)s accompany, wait upon (cf. also 待 *dhǝ̄ʔ wait).

Kachin: do³ to serve, šǝdo³ to help, strengthen.

Lepcha: tek to serve,to be on service to (?)

Chinese characters :

Character: 待

Modern (Beijing) reading: dài

Preclassic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄ʔ

Classic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: dʌ́j

English meaning : to wait [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ждать; ожидать; подождать; 2) собираться, намереваться; быть накануне (какого-л. события); 3) обходиться с...; принимать; 4) в обстоятельствах времени служебный глагол ко времени..., к...; 5) необходимо, нужно, следует; [dāi] задержаться; жить; пребывать в...

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is d_ãi. For *dh- cf. Xiamen thai⁶, Chaozhou thai⁴.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 3165

Karlgren code: 0961 |g ́

Go-on: dai

Kan-on: tai

Japanese reading: tai+;matsu+;ashirau

Vietnamese reading: d_ọ'i

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 731

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 待

MC description : 蟹開一上海定

ZIHUI: 1769 1047

Beijing: tai 3

Jinan: tɛ 3

Xi'an: tɛ 3

Taiyuan: tai 3

Hankou: tai 3

Chengdu: tai 3

Yangzhou: tɛ 3

Suzhou: de_ 32

Wenzhou: de_ 22

Changsha: tai 31

Shuangfeng: due 32

Nanchang: thai 32

Meixian: thai 3

Guangzhou: tɔi 32

Xiamen: thai 32

Chaozhou: thai 22

Fuzhou: tai 32

Shanghai: te_ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: tai 3

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